Tectonics:  Spring 2012       Schedule				3-Credit
Date		Day	Topic	Discussion	Journal Watch	Reading
J.	24	T	Course Introduction - Tect. Observations	Bucher's Laws		KK&V Ch-1
	26	Th	Tectonic observations	Heezen Tharp Map - Etc
	31	T	Structure of the Earth, Mantle I		Mantle	KK&V-Cha-2 10-22; 24-28
						& Fowler, Cha 8
F	2	Th	Plumes and Ridges	Adiabats etc...		KK&V-Cha-2 37-51
e	7	T	Ocean Crust, Ridges	Heezen Tharp map	Ocean Crust, Ridges	KK&V-Cha-4
b	9	Th	Heat Flow - Ocean Crust
r	14	T	Petrology of Ocean Crust-Ridges
u	16	Th	Subduction, Introduction
a	21	T	Island Arcs		Arcs, Subduction	Warren Hamilton
r	23	Th	Island Arcs - Geochemistry	Forces on plates
y	28	T	Vector motion of plates	The Bending of Plates
M	1	Th	Paleomag.	Indonesia, Japan...
a	6	T	Ocean-Continent collision
r	8	Th	Island Arcs - Geochemistry	Cox Exercises
c	13	T	Accretionary prisms	Cox Exercises
h	15	Th	Continental Crust Introduction		Cont. Crust
	20	T	No class; Spring Break
	22	Th	No class; Spring Break	Isostacy
	27	T	Continent-continent collision	The Andes	Cont. Collision
	29	Th	Terranes, General	Alaska
A	3	T	Metamorphism & collision	Balanced sections - crit. wedge	Met. and Tectonics
p	5	Th	Delamination, An alternative model...	Nappes, Alps
r	10	T	Continental Extension
i	12	Th	Rifts	The nature of the lower crust	Extension
l	17	T	No class-Monday classes followed	P-T-t Paths
	19	Th	Strike-slip tectonics		Strike Slip Boundaries
	24	T	PC Tectonics, United Plates	Extensional boundaries
	26	Th	PC Tectonics, Secular change	Rifting
				Rifting
M	1	T	Heresy and Scientific revolution	Heresy and Scientific revolution
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